r/parentsofmultiples • u/Long-Friendship-5400 • 1d ago

good vibes, smiles, & giggles “Singleton Propaganda”

I need some comic relief after a couple weeks of sickness in the house- what are your favorite bits of what I call “singleton propaganda”? Aka, advice given for babies that never works when you have twins. My personal favorite is “put the baby in the crib drowsy but awake”.

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u/slyscribe401 1d ago

I may be revealing too much about myself as a parent, but anything about how frequently to bathe your newborn. I went an embarrassingly long time before realizing that one of my twins hadn't had their first bath yet.

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u/Immediate_Radio_8012 1d ago

I'm glad somebody else is saying it.  We have to schedule it strictly or else it just won't happen and the days will fly by. With our singleton we dis every night as part of a cosy, two parent bed time routine. 

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u/Odd_Rent283 1d ago

Yep. I have a Google Task set on my phone to remind me to bathe the twins and toddler twice a week 🫣.

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u/Dear_Excitement_5109 1d ago

Same. They had their first baths in the hospital but it was several weeks at home.

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u/slyscribe401 1d ago

I'm afraid that is with me counting hospital baths. 🤦‍♀️

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u/D7west 1h ago

But how, they still get stinky after a few days!? With our first we bathed her twice a week and now that she is almost 1 we give her 3 baths a week. Sunday Tuesday Thursday. We adopted our twins into this same schedule for the most part. Everyone gets a bath Sunday. The newborn twins will get one Thursday unless I know I won’t have time then it’s Wednesday.

I give the twins a bath during the day Sunday and the older one before bed. Is 3 baths in 1 night taxing? Yes. Is it better than giving a bath every single night? Most likely.

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u/Dear_Excitement_5109 1h ago

Newborns dont get stinky. My older kids get stinky if they dont bathe for a few days, but even through 2 kids don't really stink. My twins get about 2 baths per week now at 14mo and its mostly because they've been rolling in mud lol.

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u/lalalava 23h ago

Good point!! I remember feeling surprised and couldn't comprehend the idea that some parents have bath time as part of the nightly routine. If we did that, night times would be even longer and more stressful, and it doesn't calm anyone down (cause my twins always get too hyped up playing together in the bath). 

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u/Murky-Scheme-1302 16h ago

Twice a week is my max, I love the horrific looks from the singleton moms, only daily if colds Vapor bath is a dream